Blue & Green Tomorrow wants to supportinnovative businesses that balance theneeds o the planet, its people and ourprosperity.We aim to provide our readers withthe knowledge they need to makeinormed choices without prejudice,scaremongering or greenwash.

We want the world to be asblue and green tomorrow as itwas yesterday.

We believe that everyone can play a partand anyone can make a diference. Not bygoing back through misplaced nostalgiato some bygone age, but by striding outto a bright new uture in which we takeadvantage o the new approaches thatcan improve our quality o lie, the ood weeat, the air we breathe, the water we drinkand the land we live on.

n October 2012, the UN reportedthat the world’s population hadreached the seven billion mark. Across the emerging market regionsof Brazil and China, economic growthcontinues, leading to more and morepressure on the planet’s natural resourcebase.Here in the UK we’ve been througha period of unprecedented turbulence

for the nancial sector, as scandal after

scandal has shaken public trust and

condence in nancial services.

However, interest in responsible investing continues to grow and with the launch of Ethex and the Social Stock Exchange, themarket for high social impact investing isexpanding.This year also saw the arrival of the retaildistribution review (RDR) – something we at Barchester welcome as it seeksto promote improved standards of professionalism and transparency in theretail investment market.

It is my view that nancial planners who

take a holistic view of their clients aimsand objectives, including considerationof their values and consider investment issues such as sustainability and resourcescarcity, will ultimately be one step aheadof the wider advice market; working to build planning solutions which arebased on a more complete understanding of their clients and having an eye on abroader set of investment considerations.